Served with distinction in France during the Somme campaign until he was invalided home after an attack of fever.In the following summer he was again at the Front with the 12th Battalion of his Regiment.The Battalion was involved in an attack in the morning after which he went missing.It was presumed that he was killed in action

Joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.Obtained a commission in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light InfantryServed in France and FlandersKilled in action

Military Cross ( London Gazette 22 september 1916) :'For conspicious gallantry in action , though wounded in the leg, he led his platoon in a charge into the enemy's trench, which was successfully captured before he would go back and have his wound dressed.